She was not a patrician like some of the now-celebrated female travellers of the 18th century but an under-educated woman of tremendous guts who liked to be on the move in foreign cultures.

• 她并不像一些现在非常有名的18世纪女旅行家那样是个爱国者，而是一个未受良好教育却胆量极大的，并且着迷于异域文化的女子。